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I think there's something to be argued that reaching a high level in any competitive game or sport has merit.

I've learned more valuable lessons from competing in Starcraft than I can count. Without knowing the exact opportunity cost, I think trading my highschool grades for the competitive experience was worth it.

The biggest mistake I think I made was not cutting games out completely after having learned those lessons.

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I definitely agree and also feel like I've learned valuable lessons from SC2. It sucks to give a game up though :/.

I play Starcraft for the story only, and I loved it. Still play the campaign from time to time. I feel like a savage amongst civilized men on this thread.

Please don't feel like "a savage among civilized men". Video games are made to have fun with.

I experienced both sides. First trying to become a professional CS:GO player, and after just having fun playing the Starcraft 2 story.

Some of my friends still deeply enjoy the competitive aspect. Sometimes I just want to see big stonking robots blow up aliens :)

This was how I played AoE and StarCraft as a kid! I think the vast majority of players play them this way, actually. If you're in the competitive multiplayer scene, it's easy to forget there are millions or tens of millions of single player / campaign-only players.

Campaigns seem to have a bad rep among most gamers online, but honestly they are the most satisfying aspect of strategy games. One of my favourite games growing up was Rise of Nations and its Conquer the World maps - remove that and you get a worthless husk.

I absolutely loved rise of nations. I didn't play the campaigns though, I played random map 1v1 matches versus the AI. Had a great time!

The majority of players come for the campaign and the space fantasy narrative.

The competitive scene has been stable and has kept sc going forever.

I wouldn't frame it as 'giving up' when you stop playing, rather you achieved what you set out to do.

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